Combination cooking utensil.



H. L. MENDAL.

COMBINATION'COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. I914. 1,212,66 1. Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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HENRY LLOYD MENDAL,OF TAM1DA,'FLORIDA, Ass'ronoa or oNE-roun'r-H-ro KATE IIVI.

LANGLEY, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINATION ooorzme 'UTENSI-L.

Specification of Lettersla'tent. A Patented 1917,

Application filed Ju'n'e 1851914. ISe'rial 1105845319.

To all-whom it may concern:

Beit known that El, HENRY LLOYD LMENP tion cooking utensils and more particularly to a device of this character that is so constructed and provided with means. to support the frying pan or a similar article in connection therewith and thus utilize theheat products which would, under ordinary circumstances be wasted.

Another object of the invention is to pro-' vide the cooking utensil with a central flue that is capable of receiving a pan supporting structure directly in the path of the hot air traveling through the flue; the pan sup porting structure, in itself, being so con structed whereby it may be received in the flue and supported therein without the necessity of providing any fastening means whatsoever.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent during the continuance of the following description.

The above and other objects which will become apparent, are accomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred form in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like parts throughout the views; Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the container showing parts thereof broken away and illustrating my improved pan supporting structure in conjunction with the heat conducting flue thereof. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of one of the cooking receptacles. Fig. 3 is a view in top plan of the container showing the pan supporting structure in conjunction therewith.

My invention consists generally of a container body 10 which is preferably constructed of metal in order that the same will be durable and be able to withstand the various knocks and jars to which a device of this character is generally subjected. The container 10 is provided with a centrally ardles 12 may be provided thereon for the purpose of facilitating the-manipulation of ranged conducting flue 11 which is open at 7 both ends and which is preferably formed integral with the container body. In the event that the outer 'wall'iof the container body "is made to extend upwardly "to a point .adjacent'the upper end of'th e' fl'ue 11, hanand areso formed whereby they may be made to fit snuglywithin the container body in engagement with the-interior'wall of the conducting flue. Each of the receptacles 13 is provided with an interposed supporting plate 1a which in the present embodiment is shown to be perforated as at 15. Plates 14 serve to support the food stuffs within the receptacles and provide means to prevent the burning of the latter during the course of cooking. Detachable cover members 16 are also arranged in conjunction with each of the receptacles '13 and are in turn provided with handles 17 whereby they may be easily and quickly moved into or outof an operative position. 7

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated the preferred cludes an annular collar 25 which is normally seated within the flue 11 in proximity to the upper end thereof. The collar 25 carries a pluralityof arms 26 which project form of pan supporting means which intherefrom upwardly and outwardly and support at their upper ends a pan receiving plate 27. However the arms 26 serve to engage the upper edge of theconductin'g flue and consequently provide for supporting the entire device. The greatest of stress is dirooted to the particular form of pan supdesire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction and inthe proportion of parts may be resorted to whenrequired Without sacrificing any of the advantages of my-invention as defined in the appended claims.

- Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters Patent is:

1.7 The combination with a cooking utensil, including a Vertically disposed heat conducting flue of a collar frictionally engaging the inner wall of said flue, a plurality of arms extending upwardly and outwardly from said collar and engageable with the upper edge 03:" said heat conducting flue and a supporting plate carried by said arms above the upper edge of said flue whereby by reason of their engagement with the upper edge of said flue, said arms serve to relieve said collar of the weight of said plate.

2. The'combination with a cooking uten- 'sil including a heat conducting flue open at its upper end, of a pan supporting plate, a collar fitting within said flue, a plurality of supporting arms connecting said collar and said plate and disposed diagonally to ride upon the upper edge of said flue, said supporting arms retaining said plate in spaced relation to the upper edge of said flue thereby permitting the heat products to escape from said flue beneath said plate and said arms relieving said collar of the weight of said plate, substantially as described.

HENRY LLOYD MENDAL.

' Witnesses N. D. SMITH,

CHAS. NAVY.

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